Layfelsen Tuff Quarry – Genoveva Cave loop from Volkesfeld

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Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz

Volkesfeld

Layfelsen Tuff Quarry – Genoveva Cave loop from Volkesfeld

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Layfelsen Tuff Quarry – Genoveva Cave loop from Volkesfeld

06:30

22.2km

600m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Rhein-Ahr-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.28 km

Rieden Forest Lake

Highlight • Lake

The Rieden forest lake and its surroundings offer everything you need for relaxation: hiking trails, swimming opportunities, a holiday home area with lake views, restaurants, mineral springs…

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3.42 km

Viewpoint

8.05 km

Gänsehals Shelter with a view of Lake Laach

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Shelter below the Gänsehalsturm with a wonderful view and a picnic area!

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11.8 km

Layfelsen Tuff Quarry

Highlight • Structure

The Layfelsen are mighty tuff stone walls that were created in the last century by the removal of tuff stone for baking ovens. The smooth rock faces rise up to …

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12.3 km

Alder Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

Very beautifully located earth well, which I have never seen in this way. You can drink the water (statement by a local). The new benches invite you to take a short rest.

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12.4 km

Boardwalks Through the Moor to Hochstein

Highlight • Trail

In the forests around Mayen it is basically beautiful, mystical, mysterious and exciting. The rocks, the many bridges, footbridges, the caves - there is something for everyone to experience an entertaining day in nature

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14.4 km

Genoveva Cave

Highlight • Cave

When you look at the Genoveva Cave, you can easily imagine how people used to seek shelter there. In the ARD fairy tale adaptation of Rumpelstiltskin, the Genoveva Cave was …

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14.6 km

View of Ettringen and Lake Laach from Hochstein

Highlight • Viewpoint

A nice place to take a break. Great view of Ettringen and the fields of the Eastern Eifel. However, the traffic noise from the road to Ettringen is sometimes a bit disturbing.

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15.1 km

Cave Entrance

17.4 km

View from St. Florian Hut (Sulzbusch)

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Sulzbusch viewing point at the St. Florians Hut is fantastic. It is worth taking a break here to enjoy this amazing view.

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22.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.1 km

4.54 km

2.15 km

686 m

655 m

Surfaces

7.76 km

6.29 km

4.00 km

3.17 km

332 m

320 m

276 m

Elevation

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Highest point (560 m)

Lowest point (330 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

11°C

5°C

96 %

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Max wind speed: 31.0 km/h

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Comments

May 26, 2022,🖤x 700Hm Traumpfade: Waldsee - Gänsehalsturm - Genovevahöhle

Some of the hiking trails deviate slightly from the Komoot maps (as of May 2022), but if in doubt, you only have to follow the orange dream path markings.
A really nice tour with many highlights!
Correctly, however, it is 700hm.

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June 16, 2022,2 Traumpfade kombiniert/Mendig

Today, on the day of Corpus Christi, I met 5 friends from Büttgen, Cologne and Sulzbach for a hike in the Vulkaneifel.

We started in Mendig, where the 4-Mountain-Tour begins. I have expanded this with a part of the dream path Riedener Waldseepfad. A nice combination, the view from the goose neck tower justified the climb.

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October 25, 2021,Von Rieden über den Gänsehals zur Vier-Berge-Tour

The Traumpfad Vier-Berge-Tour is one of the dream trails that really deserve this name.
Since we absolutely wanted to start in Rieden in our accommodation, of course the 13 kilometers of dream path turned into a whopping 21 km and 795 meters of altitude.
AND with the goose neck tower we not only had another top highlight with a sensational …

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March 20, 2022,6Berge und 1See

This morning still undecided about where to go. What have the others been up to lately? Then, as always, I stumbled across a post from yesterday with 30 km and 900 HM. (Belated RESPECT!!!! Only saw this morning🤓). Sounds good, I have it in the planned tours. Bell at Mendig should be fine now. At some point I had combined …

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